Young people in the United States attend school about six hours per day, approximately 180 days per year during a critical 13-year period of their development. Schools are therefore in a unique position to help improve the health status of youth nationwide. To measure implementation of school health policies and practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles). Profiles is a system of surveys conducted among representative samples of secondary schools in states, school districts, territories, and tribes, referred to collectively as jurisdictions.

Young people in the United States attend school about six hours per day, approximately 180 days per year during a critical 13-year period of their development. Schools are therefore in a unique position to help improve the health status of youth nationwide. To measure implementation of school health policies and practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles). Profiles is a system of surveys conducted among representative samples of secondary schools in states, school districts, territories, and tribes, referred to collectively as jurisdictions.

Young people in the United States attend school about six hours per day, approximately 180 days per year during a critical 13-year period of their development. Schools are therefore in a unique position to help improve the health status of youth nationwide. To measure implementation of school health policies and practices, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in collaboration with state and local education and health agencies, developed the School Health Profiles (Profiles). Profiles is a system of surveys conducted among representative samples of secondary schools in states, school districts, territories, and tribes, referred to collectively as jurisdictions.